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THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (REGULATION

OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 1996
{An Act to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction
workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measure and for other matter connected
therewith or incidental thereto.}

Background: why this Act-

In building and other construction works more than eight million workers are engaged
throughout the country. These workers are one of the most vulnerable segments of the unorganized
labour in India. Their work is of temporary nature, the relationship between employer and the
employee is temporary, working hours are uncertain. Basic amenities and welfare facilities provided to
these workers are inadequate. Risk to life and limb is also inherent. In the absence of adequate
statutory provisions to get the requisite information regarding the number and nature of accidents
was quite difficult and due to this to fix responsibility or to take corrective measures was not an easy
job. Although the provisions of certain Central Acts were applicable to the building and other
construction workers yet a need was felt for a comprehensive Central Legislation for regulating the
safety, welfare and other conditions of service of these workers.

The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Bill having been passed by both the Houses of Parliament received the assent of the President
on 19th August, .1996. It came on the Statute Book as THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 1996 (27 of 1996).

Applicability of the Act-

1. It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of March, 1996.
2. It applies to every establishment which employs, or had employed on any day of the preceding
twelve months, ten or more building workers in any building or other construction work.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the building workers employed in
different relays in a day either by the employer or the contractor shall be taken into account in
computing the number of building workers employed in the establishment.

Definitions-
(a) “building or other construction work”- means the construction, alteration, repairs,
maintenance or demolition- of or, in relation to, buildings, streets, roads, railways, tramways,
airfields, irrigation, drainage, embankment and navigation works, flood control works
 (including storm water drainage works), generation, transmission and distribution of power,
water works (including channels for distribution of water), oil and gas installations, electric
lines, wireless, radio; television, telephone, telegraph and overseas communication dams,
canals, reservoirs, watercourses, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, aquaducts, pipelines, towers,
cooling towers, transmission towers and such other work as may be specified in this behalf by
the appropriate Government, by notification but does not include any building or other
construction work to which the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), or the Mines
Act, 1952 (35 of 1952), apply;

(b) “building worker”- means a person who is employed to do any skilled, semiskilled or unskilled
manual, supervisory , technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of
employment be expressed or implied, in connection with any building or other construction
work but does not include any such person-
(i) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity; or.
(ii) who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding one thousand
six hundred rupees per mensem or exercises, either by the nature of the duties
attached to the office or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a
managerial nature;
(c) "contractor"- means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for any
establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the
employment of building workers or who supplies building workers for any work of the
establishment; and includes a sub-contractor.
(d) “employer"- in relation to an establishment, means the owner thereof and includes,-
(i) in relation to a building or other construction work carried on by or under the
authority of any department of the Government, directly without any contractor, the
authority specified in this behalf, or where no authority is specified, the head of the
department;
(ii) in relation to a building or other construction work carried on by or on behalf of a local
authority or other establishment, directly without any contractor, the chief executive
officer of that authority or establishment;
(iii) in relation to a building or other construction work carried on by or though a
contractor, or by the employment of building workers supplied by a contractor, the
contractor;

(e) “establishment”- means any establishment belonging to, or under the control of,
Government, anybody corporate or firm, an individual or association or other body of
individuals which or who employs building workers in any building or other construction work;
and includes an establishment belonging to a contractor, but does not include an individual
who employs such workers in any building or construction work in relation to his own
residence the total cost of such construction not being more than rupees ten lakhs;

REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS

Sec. 6- Appointment of registering officers.-The appropriate Government may, by order notified in

the Official Gazette,-

(a) appoint such persons being Gazetted Officers of Government, as it thinks fit, to be the
registering officers for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) define the limits within which a registering officer shall exercise the powers conferred on him
by or under this Act.

Sec. 7- Registration of establishments.- (1) Every employer shall,-

(a) in relation to an establishment to which this Act applies on its commencement, within a period
of sixty days from such commencement; and
(b) in relation to any other establishment to which this Act may be applicable at any time after
such commencement, within a period of sixty days from the date on which this Act becomes
applicable to such establishment,
make an application to the registering officer for the registration of such establishment:

Provided that the registering officer may entertain any such application after the expiry of the
periods aforesaid, if he is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient cause from making
the application within such period.

(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and shall contain such particular
and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.

(3) After the receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the registering officer shall register the
establishment and issue a certificate of registration to the employer thereof in such form and within such time
and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

(4) Where, after the registration of an establishment under this section, any change occurs in the
ownership or management or other prescribed particulars in respect of such establishment, the
particulars regarding such change shall be intimated by the employer to the registering officer within
thirty days of such change in such form as may be prescribed.

COMMENTS

Every employer of an establishment to which this Act applies and to which this Act may be applicable
at any time is required to make an application in the prescribed form with prescribed fee for the
registration of his establishment within a period of sixty days of the commencement of the Act or
within sixty days from the date on which this Act becomes applicable to the establishment.

Sec. 8- Revocation of registration in certain cases.- If the registering officer is satisfied, either on a
reference made to him in this behalf or otherwise, that the registration of any establishment has been
obtained by misrepresentation or suppression of any material fact or that the provisions of this Act are
not being complied with in relation to any work carried on by such establishment, or that for any other
reason the registration has become useless or ineffective and, therefore, requires to be revoked, he
may, after giving an opportunity to the employer of the establishment to be heard, revoke the
registration.

COMMENTS
If the registration of any establishment has been obtained by misrepresentation or by suppression
of any material fact of if the provisions of the Act are not being complied with in relation to any work
carried on by such establishment, the registration may be revoked by the registering officer by giving
an opportunity to the employer of the establishment to be heard.

HOURS OF WORK, WELFARE MEASURES AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

OF BUILDING WORKERS

Sec.28- Fixing hours for normal working day, etc.- (1) The appropriate Government may, by rules.-

(a) fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute normal working day for a building
worker, inclusive of one or more specified intervals;
(b) provide for a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to all
building workers and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such days of rest;
(c) provide for payment of work on a day of rest at a rate not less than the overtime rate
specified in section 29.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, in relation to the following classes of building workers,
apply only to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed, namely:-

(a) persons engaged on urgent work, or in any emergency which could not have been
foreseen or prevented;
(b) persons engaged in a work in the nature of preparatory or complementary work which
must necessarily be carried on outside the normal hours of work laid down in the rules;
(c) persons engaged in any work which for technical reasons has to be completed before the
day is over:
(d) persons engaged in a work which could not be carried on except at times dependant on
the irregular action of natural forces.

Sec. 29- Wages for overtime work.- (1) Where any building worker is required to work on any day in
excess of the number of hours constituting a normal working day he shall be entitled to wages at the
rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "ordinary rates of wages" means tile basic wages plus such
allowances as tile worker is for the time being entitled to but does not include any bonus.

Sec. 30- Maintenance of registers and records.- (1) Every employer shall maintain such registers and
records giving such particulars of building workers employed by him, the work performed by them, the
number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for them, in day of rest in every
period of seven days which shall be allowed to them, tile wages paid to them, the receipts given by
them and such other particulars in such form as my be prescribed.

(2) Every employer shall keep exhibited, in such manner as may be prescribed, in tile place where
such workers may be employed, notices in the prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars.

(3) The appropriate Government may, by rules, provide for tile issue of wage books or wage slips to
building workers employed in an establishment and prescribe tile manner in which entries shall be
made and authenticated in such wage books or wage slips by the employer or his agent.

Sec. 31- Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction
work.- No person about whom the employer knows or has reason to believe that he is a deaf or he has
a defective vision or he has a tendency to giddiness shall bc required or allowed to work in any such
operation of building or other construction work which is likely to involve a risk of any accident either
to the building worker himself or to any other person.

COMMENTS
Any person who is deaf or who has detective vision or who has a tendency to giddiness is not
required or allowed to work in any such operation of building or other construction work which is
likely to involve risk of an accidents.

Sec. 32- Drinking water.- (1) The employer shall make in every place where building or other
construction work is in progress, effective arrangements to provide and maintain at suitable points
conveniently situated for all persons employed there in, a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking
water.

(2) All Such points shall be legible marked “Drinking Water” in a language understood by a majority of the person
employed in such place and no such point shall be situated within six meters of any washing place, Urinal or
latrine.

Sec. 33- Latrines and urinals.- In every place where building or other construction work is carried on,
the employer shall provide sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of such types as may be
prescribed and they shall be so conveniently situated as may be accessible to the building workers at
all times while they are in such place:

Provided that it shall not be necessary to provide separate urinals in my place where less than
fifty persons are employed or where the latrines are connected to a water-borne sewage system.
Sec. 34- Accommodation.- (1) The employer shall provide, free of charges and within the work site or
as near to it as may be possible temporary living accommodation to all building workers employed by
him for such period as the building or other construction work is in progress.

(2) The temporary accommodation provided under sub-section (1) shall have separate cooking
place bathing, washing and lavatory facilities

(3) As soon as may be, after the building or other construction work is over, the employer shall, at
his own cost, cause removal or demolition of the temporary structures erected by him for the purpose
of providing living accommodation cooking place or other facilities to the building workers as required
under sub-section (1), and restore the ground in good level and clean condition.

(4) In case an employer is given, my land by a Municipal Board or, my other local authority for the purposes
of providing temporary, accommodation for the building workers under this section, he shall as soon as may be,
after the construction work is over, return the possession of such land in the same condition in which he
received the same.

Sec. 35- Creches- (1) In every place where in more them fifty female building workers are ordinarily
employed, there shall be provided and maintained, a suitable room or rooms for the use of children
under the, age of six years of such female workers.

(2) Such rooms shall-

(a) provide adequate accommodation:

(b) be adequately lighted and ventilated;
(c) be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition;
(d) be under the charge of women trained in the care of children and infants.

Sec. 36- First-aid.- Every employer shall provide in all the places where building or other construction
work is carried on such first-aid facilities as may be prescribed.

Sec. 37- Canteens, etc.-The appropriate Government may, by rules require the employer-

(a) to provide and maintain in every place wherein not less than two hundred and fifty building
workers are ordinarily employed, a canteen for the use of the workers;
(b) to provide such other welfare measures for the benefit of building workers as may be prescribed.

Sec. 43- Powers of Inspectors.- (1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, an Inspector may, within the local
limits for which he is appointed,-
(a) enter, at all reasonable hours, With such assistants (if any) being persons in the service of the
Government or any local or other public authority as he thinks fit, any premises or place where
building or other construction work is carried on, for the purpose of examining any register or
record or notices required to be kept or exhibited by or under this Act, and require the production
thereof for inspection;
 (b) examine any person whom he finds in any such premises or place and who, he has reasonable cause
to believe, is a building worker employed therein;
(c) require any person giving out building or other construction work to any building worker, to give any
information, which is in his power to give with respect to the names and addresses of the persons
to, for and whom the building or other construction work is given out or received, and with respect
to the payments to be made for tile building or other construction work;
(d) seize or take copies of such register, record of wages or notices or portions thereof as he may
consider relevant in respect of an offence under this Act which he has reason to believe has been
committed by the employer; and
(e) exercise such other powers as may be prescribed.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the Director-General or the Chief Inspector, as the case may be, may
employ experts or agencies having such qualifications and experience and on such terms and conditions as may
be prescribed.

(3) Any person required to produce any document or to give any information required by an Inspector
under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 175 and
section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).

(4) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall, so far as may be, apply to such
search or seizure under sub-section (1) as they apply to any search or seizure made under the authority of a
warrant issued under section 94 of the said Code.

SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 44- Responsibility of employers.- An employer shall be responsible for providing constant and adequate
supervision of any building or other construction work in his establishment as to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this Act relating to safety and for taking all practical steps necessary to prevent accidents.

Sec. 45- Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation.- (1) An employer shall be responsible for
payment of wages to each building worker employed by him and such wages shall be paid on or before such date
as may be prescribed.
(2) In case the contractor fails to make payment of compensation in respect of a building worker employed
by him, where he is liable to make such payment when due, or makes short payment thereof, then, in the case of
death or disablement of the building worker, the employer shall be liable to make payment of that compensation
in full or the unpaid balance due in accordance with the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8
of 1923), and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to
the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor.

Sec. 46- Notice of commencement of building or other construction work.-(1) An employer shall, at least thirty
days before the commencement of any building or other construction work, send or cause to be sent to the
Inspector having jurisdiction in the area where the proposed building or other construction work is to be
executed, a written notice containing-
(a) the name and situation of the place where the building or other construction work is proposed to be
carried on;
(b) the name and address of the person who is undertaking the building or other construction work:
(c) the address to which communications relating to the building or other construction work may be sent;
(d) the nature of the work involved and the facilities, including any plant and machinery, provided;
(e) the arrangements for the storage of explosives, if any, to be used in the building or other construction
work;
(f) the number of workers likely to be employed during the various stages of building or other construction
work;
(g) the name and designation of the person who will be in overall charge of the building or other
construction work at the site;
(h) the approximate duration of the work;
(i) such other matters as may be prescribed.

(2) Where any change occurs in any of the particulars furnished under sub-section (1), the employer shall
intimate the change to the Inspector within two days of such change.
 (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply in case of such class of building or other construction work
as the appropriate Government may by notification specify to be emergent works.

Sec. 48- Penalty for failure to give notice of the commencement of the building or other construction work.-
Where an employer fails to give notice of tile commencement of the building or other construction work under
section 46, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or With fine
which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

Sec. 49- Penalty for obstructions.- (1) Whoever obstructs an Inspector in the discharge of his duties under this
Act or refuses or willfully neglects to afford the Inspector any reasonable facility for making any inspection,
examination, inquiry or investigation authorized by or under this Act in relation to an establishment shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to
one thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) Whoever willfully refuses to produce on the demand of an Inspector any register or other document kept
in pursuance of this Act or prevents or attempts to prevent or does anything which he has reason to believe is
likely to prevent any person from appearing before, or being examined by an Inspector acting in pursuance of his
duties under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or
with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

Sec. 50- Penalty for other offences.- (1) Whoever contravenes any other provision of this Act or any
rules made there under or who fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rules made there
under shall, where no express penalty is elsewhere provided for such contravention or failure, be
punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for every such contravention or
failure, as the case may be, and in the case of a continuing contravention or failure, as the case may be
with an additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which such
contravention or failure continues after the conviction for the first such contravention or failure.
 THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS' WELFARE CESS ACT, 1996
{An act to provide for the levy and collection and collection of a cess on the cost of construction incurred by
employers with a view to augmenting the resources of the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare
Boards constituted under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.}

INTRODUCTION

To provide for the levy and collection of a cess on the cost of construction incurred by employers with a view
to augmenting the resources of the Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Boards which were to be
constituted under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of
Service) Ordinance, 1995, an Ordinance, namely the Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess
Ordinance, 1995 (Ord 15 of 1995), was promulgated by the President on 3rd November, 1995. The Building and
Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Bill having been passed by both the Houses of Parliament received the
th
assent of President on 19 August, 1996. It came on the Statute Book as THE BUILDING AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS " WELFARE CESS ACT, 1996 (28 of 1996).

Sec. 3- Levy and collection of Cess.- (1) There shall be levied and collected a cess for the purposes of the Building
and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, at such rate
not exceeding two percent- but not less than one percent of the cost of construction incurred by an employer, as
the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time specify.

(2) The cess levied under sub-section (1) shall be collected from every employer in such manner and at such
time, including deduction at source in relation to a building or other construction work of a Government or of a
public sector undertaking or advance collection through a local authority where an approval of such building or
other construction work by such local authority is required, as may be prescribed.

(3) The proceeds of the cess collected under sub-section (2) shall be paid by the local authority or the State
Government collecting the cess to the Board after deducting the cost of collection of such cess not exceeding
one percent of the amount collected.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the cess leviable under this Act
including payment of such cess in advance may, subject to final assessment to be made, be collected at a
uniform rate or rates may be prescribed on the basis of the quantum of the building or other construction work
involved.

Sec. 4- Furnishing of returns.- (1) Every employer shall furnish such return to such officer or authority, in such
manner and at such time as may be prescribed.

(2) If any person carrying on the building or other construction work, liable to pay the cess under section 3,
fails to furnish any return under sub-section (1), the officer or the authority shall give a notice requiring such
person to furnish such return before such date as may be specified in the notice.

COMMENTS

Every employer who is carrying on the building or other construction work is to furnish a return to an officer
or authority prescribed by the Government. If any employer fails to furnish such return the officer or the
authority shall give notice requiring such employer to furnish such return before the specified date.

Sec. 5- Assessment of cess.- (1) The officer or authority to whom or to which the return has been furnished
under section 4 shall, after making or causing to be made such inquiry if he or it thinks fit and after satisfying
himself or itself that the particulars stated in the return are correct, by order, assess the amount of cess payable
by the employer.
 (2) If the return has not been furnished to the officer or authority under sub-section (2) of section 4, he or it
shall after making or causing to be made such inquiry as he or it thinks fit, by order, assess the amount of cess
payable by the employer.

(3) An order of assessment made under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall specify the date within which
the cess shall be paid by the employer.

Sec. 8- Interest payable on delay in payment of cess.-If any employer fails to pay any amount of cess payable
under section 3 within the time specified in the order of assessment, such employer shall be liable to pay interest
on the amount to be paid at the rate of two per cent, for every month or part of a month comprised in the
period from the date on which such payment is due till such amount is actually paid.

Sec. 9- Penalty for non-payment of cess within the specified time.-If any amount of cess payable by any
employer under section 3 is not paid within the date specified in the order of assessment made under section 5,
it shall be deemed to be in arrears and the authority prescribed in this behalf may, after making such inquiry as it
deems fit, impose on such employer a penalty not exceeding the amount of cess:

Provided that, before imposing any such penalty, such employer shall be given a reasonable opportunity of
being heard and if after such hearing the said authority is satisfied that the default was for any good and
sufficient reason, no penalty shall be imposed under this section.

Sec. 10- Recovery of amount due under the Act.- Any amount due under this Act (including any interest or
penalty) from an employer may be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of and revenue.

Sec. 11- Appeals.-(1) Any employer aggrieved by an order of assessment made under section 5 or by an order
imposing penalty made under section 9 may, within such time as may be prescribed, appeal to such appellate
authority in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.

Sec. 12- Penalty.-(1) Whoever, being under an obligation to furnish a return under this act, furnishes any return
knowing, or having reason to believe, the same to be false shall be punished with imprisonment which may
extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Whoever, being liable to pay cess under this Act, willfully or intentionally evades or attempts to evade the
payment of such cess shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or
with both.

(3) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this section save on a complaint made by or
under the authority of the Central Government.
 THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS' WELFARE CESS RULES, 1998
Rule 3. Levy of cess.- For the purpose of levy of cess under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act, cost of
construction shall include all expenditure incurred by an employer in connection with the building or other
construction work but shall not include-
-cost of land;
-any compensation paid or payable to a worker or his kin under the Workmen's Compensation Act.
1923.

Rule 4. Time and manner of collection.- (1) The cess levied under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act shall be
paid by an employer, within thirty days of completion of the construction project or within thirty days of the date
on which assessment of cess payable is finalized, whichever is earlier, to the cess collector.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-rule (1), where the duration of the project or construction work
exceeds one year, cess shall be paid within thirty days of completion of one year from the date of
commencement of work and every year thereafter at the notified rates on the cost of construction incurred
during the relevant period.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), where the levy of cess pertains to building
and other construction work of a Government or of a Public Sector Undertaking, such Government or the Public
Sector Undertaking shall deduct or cause to be deducted the cess payable at the notified rates from the bills paid
for such works.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), where the approval of a construction work
by a local authority is required, every application for such approval shall be accompanied by a crossed demand
draft in favour of the Board and payable at the station at which the Board is located for an amount of cess
payable at the notified rates on the estimated cost of construction:

Provided that if the duration of the project is likely to exceed one year, the demand draft may be for the
amount of cess payable on cost of construction estimated to be incurred during one year from the date of
commencement and further payments of cess due shall be made as per the provisions of sub-rule (2).

(5) An employer may pay in advance an amount of cess calculated on the basis of the estimated cost of
construction along with the notice of commencement of work under section 46 of the Main Act by a crossed
demand draft in favour of the Board and payable at the station at which the Board is located:

Provided that if the duration of the project is likely to exceed one year, the demand draft may be for the
amount of cess payable on cost of construction estimated to be incurred during one year from the date of such
commencement and further payment of cess due shall be made as per the provisions of sub-rules (2).

(6) Advance cess paid under sub-rules (3), (4) and (5), adjusted be adjusted in the final assessment made by
the Assessing Officer.

Rule 5. Transfer of the proceeds of the cess to the Board.- (1) The proceeds of the cess collected under rule 4
shall be transferred by such Government office, Public Sector Undertakings, local authority, or cess collector; to
the Board alongwith the form of challan prescribed (and in the head of account of the Board) under the
accounting procedures of the State, by whatever name they are known.

(2) Such government office of Public Sector Undertaking may deduct from the cess collected, or claim from the
Board, as the case may be, actual collection expenses not exceeding one percent. of the total amount collected.

(3) The amount collected shall be transferred to the Board within thirty days of its collection.

Rule 6. Information to be furnished by the employer.-(1) Every employer, within thirty days of commencement
of his work of payment of cess, as the case may be. Furnish to the Assessing Officer, information in Form I.
 (2) Any change or modification in the information furnished under sub-rule (1) shall be communicated to the
Assessing Officer immediately but not later than thirty days from the date of affecting the modification or
change.

Rule 7. Assessment.-(1) The Assessing Officer, on receipt of information in Form I from an employer shall make a
scrutiny of such information furnished and, if he is satisfied about the correctness of the particulars so furnished,
he shall make an order of assessment within a period not exceeding six months from the date of receipt of such
information in Form I, indicating the amount of cess payable by the employer and endorse a copy thereof to the
employer, to the Board and to the cess collector and dispatch such order within five days of the date on which
such order is made.

(2) The order shall inter-alia specify the amount of cess due, cess already paid by the employer or deducted at
source and the balance amount payable and the date, consistent with the provision of rule 4, by which the cess
shall be paid to the cess collector.

(3) If on scrutiny of information furnished, the Assessing Officer is of the opinion that employer has under-
calculated or miscalculated the cost of construction or has calculated less amount of cess payable, he shall issue
notice to the employer for assessment of the cess.

(4) On receipt of such notice the employer shall furnish to the Assessing Officer a reply together with copies of
documentary or other evidence in support of his claim, within fifteen days of the receipt of the notice:

Provided that the Assessing Officer may, in the course of assessment, afford an opportunity to the assessee to
be heard in person, if he so requests to substantiate his claim.

(5) If the employer fails to furnish the reply within the period specified under sub-rule (4), or where an
employer fails to furnish information in Form I, the Assessing Officer shall proceed to make the assessment on
the basis of available records, and other information incidental thereto.

(6) The Assessing Officer may, at anytime while the work is in progress, authorize such officer to make such
enquiry at the work site or from documentary evidence or in any other manner as he may think fit for the
purpose of estimating the cost of construction as accurately as possible.

Rule 8. Return of overpaid cess.- (1) Where the Assessing Officer has passed an order of assessment and the
employer decides to withdraw from or foreclose the works or modifies the plan of construction thereby reducing
the cost of construction undertaken or has been forced by other circumstances to call off the completion of the
work undertaken he may seek revision of the assessment order by making an information in Form II to the
Assessing Officer giving details of such reduction or stoppage of work.

(2) Revision of order of assessment shall be made by the Assessing Officer, in the same manner as the original
order, within thirty days of receipt of such information in Form II.

(3) Following the revision of assessment as per sub-rule (2), the Assessing Officer shall, wherever necessary,
endorse a copy of the revised assessment to the Board or cess collector, as the case may be, for making the
refund of excess cess as ordered in the revised assessment.

(4) The Board shall, within thirty days of receipt of the endorsement from the Assessing Officer under sub-
rule (3), refund the amount specified in the order to the employer through a demand draft payable at the station
where the establishment is located.
 (5) Where the Appellate Authority has modified the order of assessment reducing the amount of cess, refund shall
be made within such time as may be specified in that order.

Rule 11. Date of payment.- Of cess shall be the date on which the amount is deposited with the cess collector under
sub-rule (1) of rule 4, or the date of deduction at source under sub-rule (3) of rule 4, or the date on which the draft has
been deposited with the local authority under sub-rule (4) of rule 4, as the case may be.

Rule 12. Penalty for non-payment.- (1) An Assessing Officer, if it appears to him that an employer has not paid the cess
within the date as specified in the assessment order or has paid less cess, including the cess deducted at source or paid
in advance, shall issue a notice to such employer that it shall be deemed to be in arrears and such Assessing Officer
may, after such inquiry as it deems fit, impose on such employer a penalty not exceeding such amount of cess:

Provided that before imposing any such penalty, such employer shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being
heard and if after such hearing the Assessing officer is satisfied that the default was for any good and sufficient reason,
no penalty shall be imposed on such employer.

Rule 13. Recovery of overdue amount.-For the purpose of recovery of sums due on account of unpaid cess, interest for
overdue payment or, penalty under these rules, the assessing officer shall prepare a certificate signed by him,
specifying the amount due and send it to the collector of the district concerned who shall proceed to recover from the
said employer the amount specified there under as if it were an arrear of land revenue.

FORM I

(See rule 7)

1. Name of Establishment Registration No. under Building and other

Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment
and Condition of Service) Act, 1996. Registering
Authority
2. Address
3. Name of Work
4. No. of Workers employed
5. Date of commencement of work Estimated period work : Month Year

Date Month Year

6. Estimated cost of construction Details of payment of cess

Stages Cost Amount Challan No. and Advance-A
Date Deduction at Source-D
Final-F
st
1 Year
nd
2 Year
rd
3 Year
th
4 Year
Total:
Signature of Employer
Name of Employer
Date
TO BE FILLED BY ASSESSING OFFICER
7. Date of completion
8. Final cost
9. Date of assessment
10. Amount assessed
11. Date of Appeal, if any
12. Date of order in Appeal
13. Amount as per Order in Appeal
14. Date of transfer of cess to the Board
15. Amount transferred Challan No. and date
Signature
Designation
 FORM II

[See rule 9 (1)]

Notice of Stoppage or Reduction of Work

I. Name of Establishment Registration No. under Building and Other

Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment
and Condition of Service) Act, 1996
Address :
II. Date of Commencement of work Estimated period of work : Month Year
Date Month Year

Estimated cost of work (original) Advance cess/Deduction at source

Date of Assessment Order
Amount of cess assessed

III. Modification to the original estimates Reason

Revised date of completion/date of stoppage

Actual cost estimates

Actual cost incurred

Whether work is being handed over in any

other person/agency for completion. Yes/No.

If yes. Name/Address of such

Person/agency.
Signature of employer
Name of employer
Date
TO BE USED BY ASSESSING OFFICER
Date of revision of assessment
Amount of cess after revision
Cess already received Cess to be recovered
Cess to be refunded, if any Reference to Board for refund;
Date/number
Signature
Designation
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 Form No. 4
[See Rule -27(3) and 46(1)]

Written Notice of Commencement/ Completion of The

Building or other Construction Work
1. (i) Name and address (Permanent) of the :
Establishment
(ii) Name of the Employer and address :

2. Name and situation of place where the :

building and other construction is
proposed to be carried on
3. No. and Date of Certificate of :
Registration
4. Name and address of the person in- :
charge of the construction work
5. Address to which the communications :
relating to building or other construction
work may be sent
6. Nature of work involved and the facilities :
including plant or machinery provided
7. The arrangement storage of explosives, if :
any, to be used in the building or other
construction work
8. In case the notice is for commencement :
of work, the approximate duration of
work

I/We hereby intimate that the Building or other construction work ............................................
.......... ......................................................................................................................... (name of the work)
having registration number .......................................................................................... dated ................... is
likely to commence / is likely to be completed with effect from ......................................................... (date)/
on ........................................... (date).

Signature and seal of Employer with date

To,
The Inspector/ Assistant Labour Commissioner,
Room Number-57,
Collectorate Building,
Mau, U.P.
 FORM 5
[See Rule 39]

Register for Overtime

Sl. Name of building Father’s/ Husband’s Degisnation/ Nature Date on which
Sex
No. worker name of Employment overtime worked
1 2 3 4 5 6

Total hours of overtime Date on which

Normal rates of Overtime rate Overtime
worked or production in overtime Remarks
wages of wages earnings
case of piece rated wages paid
7 8 9 10 11 12
 FORM 6
[See Rule 47]
Register of Building Workers Employed by the Employer
Name and Address of Establishment Name and Permanent Address of
where building or other construction Establishment
work is to be carried on

Name and Location of work .........................................................................................................................

Name of Date of Signature or

Sl. Name of Father’s/ Husband’s
employment/ Commencement of Thumb impression
No. workers name
degisnation employment of workers
1 2 3 4 5 6

If the building worker is/was beneficiary

Date of
the date of registration as a beneficiary, the
termination of Reasons for termination Remarks
registration no. and the name of welfare
employee
board
7 8 9 10
 FORM 7
[See Rule 48(a)]

Muster Roll
Name and Permanent Address of the Name and Address of Establishment
Establishment where building or other construction
work is carried on/ is to be carried on

Nature of Building or other Name and Address of Employer

construction work

For the Month .......................................................

Sl. Name of the building Father’s/ Husband’s

Sex Dates Remarks
No. worker name
1 2 3 4 5 6
 FORM 8
[See Rule 48(a)]

Register of Wages
Name and Address of the Establishment Name and Permanent Address of
where building or other construction work Establishment
is carried on

Nature of Building or other Name and Address of Employer

construction work

Wage Period Monthly .......................................................

No. of Daily rate of

Sl. Degisnation/Nature of
Name of workers days wages/ piece Basic wages
No. work done
worked rate
1 2 3 4 5 6

Amount of wages earned

Other cash payments Deductions, if
Dearness
Overtime Others (nature of payment to Total any (indicate
allowances
be indicated) nature)
7 8 9 10 11 12

Signature/Thumb impression of Initial of Employer or his

Net Amount paid
the worker representative
13 14 15
 FORM 10
[See Rule-48(b)]

Register for Deductions for Damage or Loss

Name and Address of the Name and Permanent Name and Permanent
Establishment where building Address of building worker Address of Employer
or other construction work is
carried on/is to be carried on

Nature of Building or other construction work

Designation/ Particulars Date of Whether building

Sl. Father’s/
Name of worker Nature of of damage damage worker showed cause
No. Husband name
employment or loss or loss against deduction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Name of person in whose Amount of Date of recovery

No. of
presence building worker’s deduction
installments First Installment Last Installment
explanation was heard imposed
8 9 10 11 12
 FORM 11
[See Rule 48(b)]

Register of Fines
Name and Address of the Establishment Name and Permanent Address of
where building or other construction work Establishment
is carried on

Nature of Building or other construction work Name and Permanent Address of Employer

Designation/ Act/Omission
Sl. Father’s/Husband’s Date of
Name of building worker Nature of for which fine
No. name Offence
employment imposed
1 2 3 4 5 6

Name of person in whose

whether building Wage periods Amount of Date on
presence building
worker showed and wages fine which fine Remarks
worker’s explanation was
cause against fine payable imposed released
heard
7 8 9 10 5 6
 FORM 12
[See Rule 48(b)]

Register for Advances

Name and Address of the Establishment Name and Permanent Address of

where building or other construction work Establishment
is carried on

Nature of Building or other construction work Name and Permanent Address of Employer

Designation/ Wage period Date and

Sl. Father’s/Husband’s
Name of building worker Nature of and wages amount of
No. name
employment payable advance given
1 2 3 4 5 6

No. of installments by Date and amount Date on which

Purpose(s) for which
which advance to be of each installment last installment Remarks
advance given
repaid repaid was repaid
7 8 9 10 11
 FORM13
[See Rule 50(a)]

Wage Book
Name and Address of the Establishment Name and Permanent Address of
where building or other construction work Establishment
is carried on

Nature of Building or other construction work Name and Permanent Address of Employer

For the week/fort night/month ending .......................................

1. No. of days worked –

2. No. of units worked in case of piece rated workers –
3. Rate of daily/monthly wages/ piece rate –
4. Amount of overtime wages –
5. Gross wages payable –
6. Deductions, if any, on account of the following:
(a) fines:
(b) damage or loss:
(c) loans and advances:
(d) subscription towards provident fund:
(e) subscription towards the Building Workers Welfare Fund
(f) any other deductions e.g. subscription to co-operative society or
account of loans from co-operative society/housing loan or contribution to any relief fund as per
provisions of clause (P) of sub-section-7 of the Payment of Wages Act or for payment of any
premium of Life Insurance Corporation.
7. Net amount of wages paid –

Initials of the Employer

or his Representative
 FORM 14
[See Rule 50(b)]

Service Certificate
Name and permanent address of Name and address/location where the building or other
establishment construction work is carried on/ is to be carried on

Name and location of work :

Name and address of the workman :
Age or Date of birth :
Identification marks :
Father’s/Husband’s name :

If the building
Total period for Reasons/
Rate of wages (with worker was a
which Nature of ground on
Sl. particulars of units beneficiary his
employed work which the Remarks
No. in case of piece registration No.,
done employee
work) Date and name of
From To terminated
the Board
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Signature
 FORM 15
[See Rule-53]
Annual Return
Annual Return of Employer to be sent to the Registering Officer year ending 31st December.

1. Full Name and address of the Establishment of the Building

and other construction work (place, post, district)
2. Name and permanent address of the establishment
3. Name and address of the Employer
4. Nature of building and other construction work carried on
5. Full name of the Manager or the person responsible for
supervision and control of the establishment
6. Number of Building workers ordinarily employed
7. Total number of days during the year on which building workers
were employed
8. Total number of man-days worked by building workers during the
year
9. Maximum number of building workers employed on any days
during the year
10. The number of accidents that took place during the year as under:
(a) The total number of accidents
(b) The number of accident resulting in disablement of
building workers for less than 48 hours, the number of
building workers involved and the man days lost
(c) The number of accidents resulting in disablement of
building workers beyond 48 hours but not resulting in any
permanent total disablement, the number of building
workers involved and the number of man days lost on
account of such accidents
(d) The number of accidents resulting in permanent partial or
total disablement, the number of building workers
involved and the number of man days lost on account of
such accidents
(e) The number of accidents resulting in deaths of building
workers and the number of resultant deaths

The Chief Inspector or the Inspector appointed by a State Government under this Act shall direct the
owners of establishment registered under this Act, to send the copies of Annual Returns submitted by the
Employers of Registered establishments in respect of the concerned State Government or Appropriate
Government to the Director General of Inspections by virtue of provisions of sec. 60 of this Act.

The Chief Inspector or the Inspector appointed under this Act by State Government shall direct the
owners of such establishments as are registered under this Act by Registering Officers appointed by
concerned State Governments to send copies of the Annual returns to the Director General by virtue of
provisions of sec. 60 of this Act.

Change, if any, in the Management of Establishments, its location, or any other particulars furnished
to the Registering Officer in the application for Registration indicating also the dates.

Place ............................ Signature of the Employer

Date ............................
 FORM-23
[See Rule -228(a)]
Notice of Poisoning and Occupational diseases

1. Name and address of the employer :

2. name of the building workers and his work :

number, if any
3. Address of the building worker :

4. Sex and Age :

5. Occupation :

6. State exactly what the patient was doing at the :

time of contracting the disease
7. Nature of poisoning or disease from which the :
building worker is suffering from

Date: .....................................
Signature of the Employer/
Construction medical Officer

Note: When a building worker contracts ant diseases specified in Schedule-II, a notice in this form shall be sent forthwith to The
Director General.
 Form- 24
[See Rule – 251(7)]

Notice of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences

1. Name of the Project/ Work

2. Location and address of Construction work

3. Stage of Construction work

4. Particulars of Employer
(a) Main contractor Firm/Company:
i. Name
ii. Address
iii. Phone numbers
iv. Nature of Business

(b) Main contractor Firm/Company:

i. Name
ii. Address
iii. Phone numbers
iv. Nature of Business

5. Particulars of Injured persons:

(a) Name: (First) (Middle) (Last)

(b) Home address

(c) Occupation
(d) Status of the worker- Casual/ Permanent
(e) Sex: Male/ Female
(f) Age
(g) Experience
(h) Marital status: Married/ Unmarried/ Divorced

6. Particulars of Accident:
(a) Exact place where accident occurred
(b) Date
(c) Time
(d) What the injured person was doing at the time of accident
(e) Weather conditions
(f) How long employed by you for this particular job
(g) Particulars of equipment/ machine/tool involved and condition of the same after the Accident
occurred

7. Nature of Injuries:
(a) Fatal
(b) Non- fatal
(c) If non-fatal; state precisely the nature of injuries
(Describe in detail the nature of injury, for instance fracture of right arm, sprain etc.)
(d) First aid: Given: Not given:
(e) If not given, the reasons
(f) Name and designation of the person by whom first aid was given
(g) If admitted to Hospital,
i. Name of the Hospital
ii. Address of the hospital
 iii. Phone number
iv. Name of the Doctor

8. Mode of transport used:

Ambulance Truck Tempo Taxi Private Car

9.
(a) How much time was taken to shift the injured person? If very late, state the reasons
(b) How the reporting was made:
Telephone Telegram Special letter Messenger

(c) Who visited the accident site first and action was proposed by him
(d) What are the actions taken for investigations of the accident by the employer (Describe about
photographs/ video film/ measurements taken etc.)

10. Particulars of the person given witness:

(a) Name Address Occupation
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .

(b) Whether temporary/permanent

11. Particulars in case of Fatal-

Date Time

12. Whether registered with Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board

13. If yes, give registration number(s)

I certify that to the best of my knowledge that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above
particulars are correct in every respect.

Place: ..................................... Signature of Employer/ Responsible person/ Supervisor

Date ....................................... Designation

cc: forwarded for information and follow-up action:

1.
2.
3.

Note: If more than one person is involved, then for each person, information to be filled up in separate forms.